Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-14
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

The building of sorghum or beet
sugar factory and starch factory at
North Yakima is being agitated.
The Northern Pacific Railroad trans
ported 3,S16 tons of hops during its
last fiscal year and 2,911 tons for the
previous year.
Since the first term OF court wnr
held at Colfax, in 1872, up to January
lst of the present year, 40 divorces
have been granted.
Bryant Brothers, three miles west
of Pullman, report the harvesting OF
one field of forty acres of their wheat,
which made an average of 62t bushels
per acre.
Takoh," the name of the town
in Columbia County at the forks
of Hangman creek, is having an
initiatory boom, one store being in
course of erection.
1t is feared that Hon. C. P. Cooke
will not be able to represent this dis
trict in the Territorial Council. His
trip to Hot Springs was of only tenn
porary benefit, and his condition is
now causing as much anxiety as ever.
-Yakima Signal.
The safe of the O. r. & N. freight
office at Colfax was blown open with
powder, on the night of September
9th, and about $1,000 in cash stolen.
The freight receipts on that day had
been the largest on.record, one firm
having paid in over 500.
In short time the steamers Starr
and North Pacific will be taken off the
Tacoma and Victofia route for repairs
and the Olympian will make daily
runs except Sunday to and from Vic
toria. The arrangements as yet for
the charge have not been definitely
made.
The Government has q pensioners
in Yakima county, who receive $2,-
1913 per annum; Kittitas county, 90
pensioners, receiving $2,32S, and
Klickitat county, % pensioners, re-
ceiving $3.50. There are 900 pen
sioners of the Government in the ter
ritory, and they receive annually
$1O9,O41.
The Commissioners of King County
will hold special meeting on October
18th, for the purpose of appointing
judges and inspectors for the special
election to be held on November Goth,
and also for the purpose of formally
arranging the submission to a vote of
the people at the same special election
the question of levying tax for a
fund with which to build new Jail.
Isaac Pincus returned from Puy-
allup a few days ago. He Gays the
quality of hops is good, but as to the
yield it is hard to say. Perhaps it is
lighter. AS to the market, you may
say nominal" which means none.
That dispatch from London received
at Van Ogle, stating the price at 374
cents per pound, Mr.. Pincus claimed,
was erroneous, and said it and other
reports had caused a holding off by
growers. AS to whether the market
will 60 up or down no man can tell.
1t is liable to vary now as it has in the
past from two cents to ninety-eight
cents. Mr.. Pincus says there is
absolutely nothing doing just now.
On October 18th, the U. s. Land
Office leaves Olympia for Seattle, and
the Partisan says Surveyor General
Breckinridge and others are favoring
the removal of the Surveyor Generals
Office to Seattle and the same paper
says: "If this be done all that would
remain would be the capital" And a
number of the citizens of Olympia
told the editor of The Farmer while he
was over there two months ago, that
they would be glad if the Capitol were
removed as the fashionable indolent
habits of the Federal officers caused
the business people to try to ape them,
and that the effect was fatal to the
energies of the place. We question
whether or not the Capital should be
removed from the beautiful town OF
Olympia. The name Olympia is good
enough for the Capital and the name
Washington is good enough for the
State.-Yakima Farmer.
Mrs. Wilbur, the wife of Rev. ]. II.
Wilbur, died ut Walla Walla, Sunday
evening, and the remains were buried
in the Lee Mission cemetery as Salem.
Mrs. Wilbur came to this coast among
the early missionaries. Her husband
built and was the first pastor of Tay-
lor-street NJ. E. Church. Father Will
bur helped to clear the land ON which
Portland now stands, and built the
Portland seminary and Umpqua ac-
ademy. For many years Father
Wilbur was Indian agent at Yakima.
While her husband for many years
occupied these responsible positions
Mother Wilbur was in the truest
sense of the word a helpmate." She
was cultured and truly refined. AS a
Christian her piety was deep and her
walk always consistent. Her presence
was always felt for good, and the cir
cles where she moved were moulded
by the impress Of her beautiful life.